Tag: Republicans
In a Shift, More Republicans Want Government Investment in Children
The evolution reflects a growing bipartisan agreement that American families are struggling and something has to change.
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House Republicans Want to Impeach Judges. Here’s How the Process Would Work.
Judges have rarely been removed from the federal bench, and only for criminal acts. But House Republicans are intensifying efforts to oust them for de [...]
Republicans Once Championed Free Speech on Campus. Now, Not So Much.
President Trump and state politicians are pushing new laws and policies that crack down on curriculum, protests and speakers.
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Warned Off Meeting Voters, Republicans Who Do Confront Anger and Unease
In a deeply conservative district and a more liberal one, two Republicans found uncertainty and anxiety about the Trump administration’s agenda and th [...]
Republicans Call on Olympic Committee to Bar Transgender Women from Women’s Sports
More than two dozen G.O.P. members of the House and Senate called on the International Olympic Committee to align its eligibility rules with President [...]
Republicans Quietly Move to Relinquish Power to Undo Trump’s Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China
House G.O.P. leaders tucked the provision into a procedural measure needed to pass a government spending bill.
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House Republicans Work to Hold Together in Vote on Spending Bill
Republicans were pressing rank-and-file lawmakers to fall in line behind a stopgap measure that would mostly keep government funding at current levels [...]
Trump, With More Honey Than Vinegar, Cements an Iron Grip on Republicans
In his second term, President Trump is cultivating warm relationships with G.O.P. lawmakers — and using the implicit threat of ruining them if they st [...]
Under Pressure From Republicans, D.C. Begins Removal of Black Lives Matter Mural
The mural, which covers two city blocks, was painted in 2020.
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House Republicans Unveil Spending Bill to Avert Government Shutdown
Democrats decried the measure as a White House power grab, leaving it unclear whether the legislation could pass.
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Elon Musk Is Making Republicans Sweat and Giving Democrats a New Target
His unusual governing arrangement with President Trump is opening Republicans up to being yoked politically to Mr. Musk, who polls show is broadly unp [...]
Why Do Republicans Want to Dismantle the Education Department?
President Trump’s fixation reinvigorated the debate over the role of the federal government in education, and created a powerful point of unity betwee [...]
Elon Musk Meets With Senate Republicans Amid Tensions Over Federal Cuts
Elon Musk heads to Capitol Hill for a diplomatic mission.
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Democrats See Political Opening in G.O.P. Budget as Republicans Eye Medicaid Cuts
Democrats are rerunning the playbook that won them control of Congress in 2018, focusing on the cost of the G.O.P.’s tax cut plan for ordinary America [...]
What Can House Republicans Cut Instead of Medicaid? Not Much.
The math of the G.O.P.’s goals makes the move almost unavoidable.
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